Gender and Health Sector Reform: Analytical Perspectives on African Experience

Maureen Mackintosh and Paula Tibandebage

Chapter 11 in Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context, 2006, pp 237-257 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Health systems are gendered institutions. That is, their organization reflects and responds to gender inequalities in the wider society. The hierarchy among health care staff places doctors, policy-makers and administrators — predominantly male — above nurses, paramedical staff and orderlies who are more likely to be female.

Keywords: Reproductive Health; Health Sector; Female Genital Mutilation; Health Insurance Scheme; Unpaid Work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625280_11

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